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• Blog / Life after MIT

  Not Farewell After All Hello again!

  

  about a year ago (June 2013) and - because I wasn’t ready to be a Real ... since MIT is known to be a tough school, and whether looking back, I wish ... of medical school, I am actually incredibly grateful that I went to a

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • August 11, 2014
• Blog / Advice

  November 1st is coming up! What not to do as it approaches (and after it passes)

  

  to a school where people never have trouble with school. It's hard to ... It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost a year since I applied to ... thing I’m a blogger) and I can take hours to write a paragraph (<

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 26, 2018
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Follow Me: A Video Tour of Campus in which you get to hang out with my friends and walk around MIT through…

  

  allergies and how to pronounce the word "Stata". If that sounds like a fun way ... they were at the time. It's not meant to be a professional tour of MIT ... a quicker visual tour of campus. Or, just jump around to different

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • February 23, 2017
• Blog / MISTI

  [JOINT POST] Travelling as a black female "Alexa, play Brown Skin Girl..."

  

  circumstances add up to a massive difference in where the two children end up ... . I found myself in a lot of situations where I had to take a deep ... to me. However, by the end of the trip it almost became a sort of

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • October 3, 2019
• FAQ / Life and culture

  Who is the Class of 2028?

  Check out our First-year class profile page to find out more about the members of the Class of 2028.  
• Blog / MIT Life

  Collecting information about my friends im like if a corporation loved you

  

  further to find a version of me from before I transitioned, where he ... orphanage where I grew up. Then, I go forward in time to find and kill John ... two birthdays since getting to MIT, I’ve been afforded a happiness that

  • by Ellie F. '28
  • May 30, 2026
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s a puzzlement… ...or why I really love reading your applications!

  

  take breaks from reading so I used one of them to take a quick walk ... anytime I need just a few minutes of peace and quiet or when I need to clear ... getting to the end and realizing there is a piece missing. Now sometimes it

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 16, 2010
• Blog / Athletics

  A sporting chance

  

  't really want to go to a "jock school," the kind of school where you had to ... athletes were held to a lesser standard than everyone else. This was ... been a great way to network and meet fellow MIT alums from the past

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • October 22, 2004
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Chris inspired me to do dumb things I went to Disney World. It was fun, I guess.

  

  BUT ultimately led to a lot of frustration because that's when I got a ... (I had submitted my 2 weeks notice 2 weeks prior).  I had a few days to ... 's nothing quite like a week long trip to Disney World with no work hanging

  • by Snively '11
  • July 20, 2016
• Blog / Classes

  happy LFDOC! my last semester of undergrad :)

  

  think it’s achievable because I have a lot more I still want to share with ... a groovy way to work out. Soccer. Even though I won’t play another ... friends, like going to Celtics games, exploring a new part of Beacon Hill

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • February 3, 2025
• Blog / Personal Projects

  An emoji alethiometer to help you make decisions I'm not saying I will use this in committee, but I'm not saying I won't

  

  graduates might consider their obligations to their fellow humans. In a way, I ... whether you're new to HDM or returning, I've got a fun little Internet thing ... alethiometer app to give people the experience of carrying around a golden

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 7, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  The Open-Ended Question Why I chose MIT ... twice

  

  in a place where to a degree the world comes to you and you can meet a ... . Having never touched a pipette, today I work in a lab where we're trying to ... , I'm getting a little old, but it's cool. It's really crazy awesome to

  • by Bryan
  • April 15, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Professors Are Human Too (Really!) My name is Eric Grimson, and I am a professor at MIT.

  

  I am delighted to join the impressive cadre of admissions office bloggers - a source of insight into MIT that I hope is of value as you consider applying to or attending the Institute. Since this is my initial

  • by Chancellor Eric Grimson
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Challenges

  how to get to Boston the VERY HARD way

  

  is easy these days. Fact 1: my internship switched to being a Canadian ... 't believe it's happening, sometimes, now. When we returned to East Campus in a ... There are some things that only make sense to you once you're living

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • September 19, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I’m studying poetry to be a better engineer, and this is why

  

  , em-dashes and alliteration. Why? There is a good argument to be made ... powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.” I’m not going to make ... of meaning into just a few verses. In a world where we are surrounded

  • by Michael C. '16
  • November 14, 2014
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Up To Snow Good PSA: IT'S SNOWING

  

  a storm is coming, are you listening in killian, the snow is glistening a wonderful fight our snowman's a sight walking in a winter wonderland

  • by Afeefah K. '21
  • December 10, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  Hi, Applicant to the Class of 2021! here, i try to convince you that it's ok to be dazed and confused right…

  

  started and ended with the Net Price Calculator (a nice tool to remind you that you can’t afford a $60,000 per year education). I went to info ... didn’t want me to turn into a 30-year old cynic at age 18). Every

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • September 22, 2016
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Boston’s Climate Strike youthful activism

  

  Today has been a hectic day, to say the least. It's only around 9pm ... 180. The interviews, the formalities, the waiting in line to talk to a ... the moment and thought about a future where children would hear about

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • September 20, 2019
• Blog / Athletics

  Profiles in Courage My neighbor could kill you or save your life with her bare hands.

  

  top of it. So I woke up Monday morning to find that there was a five ... thanks to my prefrosh George for being really independent and finding his ... preventing the theft of my laptop, and to all of the lovely prefrosh I had a

  • by Sam M. '07
  • April 12, 2006
• Blog / Challenges

  November was … read until the end to find out

  

  final. To be honest, it felt a little worse than a final because it was during a normal school week as opposed to during finals week. To illustrate ... through this initial job hunt, we realized there is still A Lot for us to

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • November 29, 2019